Wednesday's Youth Roundup

Highlights: Ventura — Brooke Nelsen had a game-high 12 points against Santa Barbara. Natalie McCambridge had a game- high 11 rebounds, five steals and nine points. Roni Zavala contributed four points, five steals and three assists. Ventura held a 39-7 lead at halftime. Against crosstown rival Buena, Erin Ferguson had a game-high 17 points, two steals and an assist. Nelsen and McCambridge played well on defense and combined for 15 points, 10 rebounds and six steals. The Cougars led at halftime 22-11. All Cougars contributed in the win and recorded eight assists, 21 steals and 22 rebounds. Record: Ventura 20-2, 7-0 Channel League.

RIO MESA WINS LEAGUE

Highlights: Rio Mesa — The Spartans finished 10-0 in the Pacific View League and 18-5 overall. Rio Mesa finished off its season with a comeback victory against Camarillo. Rio Mesa was down 10 with more than two minutes to play. Nicole Arceo knocked down a free throw with one second left to send the game into overtime. Dulce Vera played well off the bench, scoring six points in overtime and 10 for the game. Nicole Arceo led all scorers with 16 points and Lisa Henderson added 15.

Highlights: Oak Park — The Eagles finished the season with six consecutive wins in the Tri-Valley League, defeating all opponents in the second round of league play, including victories last week over Oaks Christian, Nordhoff and La Reina. The girls finished second with a record of 8-2 and undefeated at home throughout the season. Leah Greenberg led the team in scoring, steals and assists. Courtney Pomush pulled down the most rebounds and led in blocked shots on the season.

Highlights: Thousand Oaks — Zach Morgan had six points and six rebounds in the Moorpark loss.. Keegan Sauer had six points and five rebounds.. Tyler Peel had six points. Sauer had nine points and five rebounds in the Calabasas win. Peel played well on defense with steals and scored eight points. Taran Moriates had seven points. Dakota Pierce had seven rebounds.

Record: Thousand Oaks 13-11, 4-8 Marmonte League.

CAMARILLO 61, OXNARD 51;

CAMARILLO 74, CHANNEL ISLANDS 31

Highlights: Oxnard — The Scorpions were down by one point entering the fourth quarter, but used a 22-11 surge to ensure a ninth straight league victory. Jake Maulhardt had 26 points and nine rebounds. Conrad Kotake added 11 points. Christian Contreras had 10 points and Aradvan Seif had eight. Joey Sander had four points and eight rebounds. Every Camarillo player scored in the Channel Islands game. Maulhardt had 20 points. Christian Contreras added nine. Gino Maglaque and Sief each had eight.

Highlights: Camarillo — In the Oxnard game, Chris Bengtsson led the Scorpions in scoring with eight, followed by Alex Martin and Brian Smith who each scored seven. Charlie Brower and Dylan Holland combined for nine points and seven rebounds. Against Channel Islands, Bengtsson had a game-high 12 points along with five steals and three assists. Travis Valdez scored six points and Holland pulled down seven rebounds. Martin had five rebounds, five steals and four points.

Record: Camarillo 15-6, 6-3 Pacific View League.

FRESHMAN BOYS’ BASKETBALL

SIMI VALLEY SWEEPS THREE

Highlights: Simi Valley — Thousand Oaks drops to 8-3 after Simi Valley won 45 behind Kevin Qose’s fourth double-double of the year, scoring 23 points, two on 3-pointers, 10 rebounds and six steals, Jared Meeks sank three 3-pointers. Matthew Rojas had two steals and seven rebounds. Newbury Park was 8-2 in Marmonte League before Simi Valley won 45-33. Vince Ullrich had 11 points and seven boards. Qose added 13 points, two steals and five rebounds. Matthew Rojas had seven rebounds, two steals and took his first charge. Chris Syamsuri and Brooks Allen each added two assists and one steal. Simi Valley avenged an earlier loss to Agoura with a 49-36 victory. Qose had 22 points, 13 rebounds, six steals, a block and one assist. Lelan Simpson had two steals and seven rebounds. Ullrich added 11 points, six rebounds, one block, one assist and four steals. Rojas had nine points and four rebounds. The Pioneers have won six of the last seven games.

Highlights: Rio Mesa — Brittany Coronado had one goal and one assist. Jasmine Grace scored. Jocelynn Liporada and Monica Lopez each had two goals and one assist. Amanda Lopez had a goal. Reyna Montoya had two assists. Hannah Poulsen and Viviana Vazquez each scored a goal. Stevie Stiling had one assist.

Record: Rio Mesa 6-9-1, 3-4 Pacific View League,

JV GIRLS’ WATER POLO

THOUSAND OAKS 7, MOORPARK 5

Highlights: Thousand Oaks — Dana Slomiak scored five goals. Danielle Bokobza and Chenelle Raceanu each scored goals. Heather Masters and Bokobza each had two assists. Morgan Engle had four steals. Raceanu, Masters and Slomiak each had two steals.

SWIMMING

CONEJO SIMI ATHLETES TO COMPETE

Based on their excellent swims at the recent Junior Olympics Championships, five Conejo Simi Swim Club swimmers have been selected to participate in the annual Southern California Swim Festival to be held Feb, 28 at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. Allie Fogelman (12), Alisa Cooke (11), Trenton Atkinson (12), Anna Quinn (13) and Kyle Berg (14) were selected for the festival which divides participants in the 10U, 11-12 and 13-14 age groups into four teams (North, South, East and West) to compete against each other in a one-day, all-star meet. Each of our selected swimmers were among just 32 swimmers in their age group to be chosen for a Swim Festival team. In addition, Lauren Hancock, head age-group coach for CSSC, will be coaching the 13-14 girls for the North team.

SANDS NAMED TO TEAM

Pleasant Valley Swim Team swimmer Chris Sands has been named to squad representing the North team for the Southern California Swimming Swim Festival Feb. 28 in Long Beach. The swim festival features the top 32 age-group athletes from SCS and splits them on 4 all star teams which will compete against each other in a quad-meet format. Sands, 14, was selected to the team based on his outstanding performance during last weekend’s SCS Junior Olympics swim meet, where he swam to personal best times in the 500 and 1,000 freestyles, 200 backstroke, and 100 and 200 butterfly events. The Pleasant Valley Swim Team is under head coach Tim Hedrick and trains at the indoor Pleasant Valley Aquatic Center in Camarillo. The team Web site is http://www.pvst.org. Tryouts for the team are ongoing and by prior arrangement. See the team Web site for details.

BASEBALL

COUGAR CLASSIC

The annual Cougar Classic will be played Saturday and Sunday at Ventura High. There will be 16 games, eight teams and two levels: varsity and junior varsity. Preseason high school baseball starts this weekend. Local high school and travel teams from throughout Southern California will be playing in the third annual Winter Cougar Classic. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be served and there’s plenty of baseball action to watch. The weather will be mostly sunny. Information: http://www.venturabaseball.com.

GOLF

RECREATION PROGRAM OFFERED

The Oxnard Recreation and Community Services Department and Oxnard PAL is now forming a Junior Golf Club for youth ages 8-14. The program will be offered from March through November. Participants will practice every Wednesday 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the River Ridge Golf Club and play in mini tournaments beginning in June. Tournaments will be held Saturday afternoons, exact dates and times to be announced. The program is free, but participants are asked to please commit to attending all practices and tournaments. Limited space is available. Information: Greg Barnes at 385-7990.